Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Volutilithes (Athleta)
Parent taxon: Athletinae according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
See also Abbass 1967, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser et al. 2009, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Maxwell 2003, Nagao 1928, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Wienrich 2001 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Konistra, Liopeplum, Parvivoluta, Peruluta, Tectaplica
Subtaxa: Athleta (Athleta) Athleta (Neoathleta) Athleta (Ternivoluta) Athleta (Volutocorbis) Athleta (Volutopupa) Athleta (Volutospina) Athleta clayi Athleta daviesi Athleta ficulina Athleta haleanus Athleta laevgigata Athleta lata Athleta lisbonensis Athleta lugardi Athleta marwicki Athleta mimica Athleta necopinata Athleta petrosa Athleta pygmaea Athleta rarispina Athleta roddai Athleta sayanus Athleta symmetricus Athleta taikoensis Athleta wynnei
Type: Voluta rarispina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (20), France (2), Germany (2), Greece (2), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (5), Pakistan (7), Romania (1), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (2), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (3), Israel (1), Japan (1), Myanmar (3), Oman (2), Pakistan (2), Turkey (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (1), Egypt (2), France (8), Haiti (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (14), New Zealand (8), Nigeria (12), Pakistan (12), Romania (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (24), United States (233: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), Germany (3), Greenland (3), Mali (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (4), Poland (4), United States (126: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Egypt (1), Poland (1)
Total: 569 collections including 782 occurrences
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